Past Events NJ Climate Change Policy 2017
Climate Change Policy in New Jersey at Duke Farms 2017
On Wednesday, September 27th, 2017, the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance hosted a conference to assess the state of New Jersey's preparedness for a changing climate. Over 200 scientists, practitioners, and decisions makers came together to assess how far the Garden State has come in preparing for climate change and what critical decisions and stsrategies are needed now and into the future to protect our people, places, and assets.
The conference agenda and presentations are below.
Agenda and Presentations
9:00 AM Welcome and overview
9:15-9:45 AM State of New Jersey's Climate
Professor Anthony Broccoli, Ph.D. Department of Environmental Sciences; Rutgers University
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Broccoli Presentation
(3.56 MB)
9:45-10:15 AM An overview of statewide policy recommendations
Marjorie Kaplan, Dr.P.H. Associate Director; Rutgers Climate Institute
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Kaplan Presentation
(3.09 MB)
10:15-11:15 AM Opportunities to Improve Quality of Life for all New Jerseyans. Facilitated by Dan Fatton, Executive Director, New Jersey Work Environmental Council
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Fatton Presentation
(2.01 MB)
Panelists
George DiFerdinando, Jr.,M.D.,M.P.H,FACP, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health.
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DiFerdinando Presentation
(155 KB)
Ana Baptista Ph.D, Assistant Professor, The Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy
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Baptista Presentation
(1.45 MB)
David Henry, Health Officer, Monmouth County Regional Health Commission
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Henry Presentation
(256 KB)
Robert Laumbach, M.D.,M.P.H.,C.I.H, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Medicine Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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Laumbach Presentation
(187 KB)
Rob Freudenberg, Director, Energy and Environmental Programs, Regional Plan Association
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Freudenberg Presentation
(2.17 MB)
11:30AM - 12:30 PM Opportunities to improve New Jersey's Infrastructure. Facilitated by Mark Mauriello, Director of Environmental Affairs & Planning, Edgewood Properties
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Mauriello Presentation
(2.11 MB)
Panelists
Jeff Perlman, Principal Planner, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
Rick Thigpen, Vice President, State Government Affairs, PSE&G Services Corporation
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Thigpen Presentation
(160 KB)
Patrick Natale, Vice President, Mott McDonald
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Natale Presentation
(367 KB)
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(160 KB)
Jennifer Senick Ph.D, Executive Director, Rutgers Center for Green Building
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Senick Presentation
(814 KB)
John A. Miller, P.E, CFM, CSM, Legislative Committee Chair, NJ Association for Floodplain Management
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Miller Presentation
(984 KB)
12:30 - 2:00 PM Lunch and Keynote
Keynote speaker introduction by Michael Catania, Executive Director, Duke Farms
Keynote Speaker
Mindy Lubber, President and CEO of CERES
Lubber Presentation
2:00 - 3:00 PM Opportunities to Protect the Places We Love -- Facilitated by Patty Doerr, Director of Coastal and Marine Programs, The Nature Conservancy of NJ
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Doerr Presentation
(3.10 MB)
Martha Maxwell-Doyle, Deputy Director, Barnegat Bay Partnership
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Maxwell-Doyle Presentation
(1.79 MB)
John Cecil, Vice President for Stewardship, NJ Audubon Society
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Cecil Presentation
(1.51 MB)
Pam Mount, Proprietor, Terhune Orchards
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Mount Presentation
(9.64 MB)
Jennifer Adkins, Executive Director, Partnership for Delaware Estuary
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Adkins Presentation
(1.05 MB)
3:00 - 3:45 PM Opportunities to Protect the Places We Love -- Facilitated by Gary Sondermeyer, Vice President for Operations, Bayshore Recycling
Discussants
Randall E. Solomon, Director, The Sustainability Institute at The College of New Jersey
Megan Linkin,Vice President, Swiss Reinsurance America Holding Corporation
Anthony MacDonald, Director, Urban Coast Institute Monmouth University
Dr. Nicky Sheats, Esq, John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy, Thomas Edison State College
Peter Kasabach, Executive Director, New Jersey Future
3:00 - 3:45 PM Wrap up and discussion-- Facilitated by Jeanne Herb, Associate Director, Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University
Thank you to our conference sponsors:
